AAI10-Opening Big Meeting

Three members sharing their experience, strength and hope at the first Big Meeting where up to 52,000 filled the Alamodome. These talks were preceded by the Flag Ceremony where all the countries represented at the convention had a representative present their nation's flag in front of a cheering audience:

Francisco A, Santa Cruz, CA, he grew up in Sonora, Mexico..

Mari G, Toronto, ON sober 33 years since August 1976. She is half Irish and half Scottish - she always wanted to drink but did not want to pay for it.

Harold G, Annapolis, MD sober 40 years since February 1970. He grew up in Spanish Harlem.

Held in Alamodome on the first night of the Convention starting at 8pm